Jennifer Laurie Shaw

Dream States

Puvis de Chavannes, Modernism, and the Fantasy of France

"This illustrated book is the first full-length examination of Puvis's murals and their critical reception during the artist's lifetime. Jennifer L. S...

Reading Claude Cahun's Disavowals

The first monograph on a groundbreaking Surrealist masterpiece, Reading Claude Cahun's Disavowals offers a comprehensive account of Cahun's most impor...

Paris and the Countryside

Modern Life in Late-19th-century France

It has long been observed that Impressionists and their followers heeded Charles Baudelaire's call to paint "modern life." Paris and the Countryside e...

Exist Otherwise

The Life and Works of Claude Cahun

In the turmoil of the 1920s and '30s, Claude Cahun challenged gender stereotypes with her powerful photographs, montages, and writings, works that app...